Quotes About Survival

And me having kids, with my family history? My mom: mentally ill, shot and killed her last husband. My father: six ex-wives, four heart attacks. Both of my parents think alcohol is a food group.

I'm a mom. I'm from Ethiopia. I gave birth in the U.S. and had all the proper care available to me. If I had given birth in Ethiopia - I don't know if I might have even survived it.

My mom saved my life. She gave me mouth-to-mouth more than once.

My mom shot and killed her last husband. Yeah, my dad used to say "Hey, dodged that bullet. Ha ha."

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

Janie calls Cabel. "Hi, uh, Mom," she says. Cabel snorts. "Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard?" "Yeah. Barely." Janie grins into the phone.

We have to get money. We have no choice. It cost money to eat.

I don't even have money for a cheeseburger!

If you're shipwrecked on an island with 10 million dollars and your wife has gold and diamonds, but there's no water, no arable land, no fish, you have nothing. Money is a 'nothing' thing.

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.

The key to long-term survival and prosperity has a lot to do with the money management techniques incorporated into the technical system.

Poverty - the one thing money can't buy

I hated having to go out on the block and scramble - that's the worst job in the world, especially if you ain't making any real money.

Dogs have no money. Isn't that amazing? They're broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? .. No Pockets.

I learnt just how little it takes to survive, which is why I don't waste things – food, money, friendships or opportunities.

You say that money isn't everything, well I'd like to see you live without it.

I've found out that money is the most important thing in the world and, as God is my witness, I don't ever intend to be without it again. I'll never be hungry again.

I mean it's the most objective industry in the world. If your numbers stink, you're out. If your numbers are good, you get more money. It's the most Darwinian, it's beautiful, it's brutal, it works.

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?

In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.